Amusement device.



J. M. RUSS & A. HOLTON. AMUSEMENT DEVICE. APPLIOATION FILED NOV.15, 1909.

950,348. Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

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JESSE M. ROSS AND ALBERT HOLTON. OF BiRADDOCK, PENNSYLVANIA.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

Speclficationpt Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1919.

Application filed November 15, 1909. Serial No. 528,073.

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Bcit known that we, Jesse M. Ross and Anni-arr IIOLTUN, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Braddock, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Amusement Devices,

of which the following is a specification,

reference being bad therein to the accom persons seeking amusement by means of our device.

.Ve attain the above objects by providing acylindrical structure in which a revoluble car is raised and lowered, the structure being provided with interior pictures adapted to be used by persons within the car, while the top of the structure is .open whereby it may be used for observatory purposes.

equally spaced u The invention will be reinafter considered in detail and then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawings forming a part of this specificatiom'wherein:

Figure 1 is a front,elevation of an amusement device constructed in accordance with our invention, Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same, 3 is an enlarged ele ration of a car adapted to form part of the device, Fig. 4 is a plan of the same, Fig. 5 is an enlarged elevation of a hanger deigned for use in connection with the device, and Figs. 6 and 7 are enlarged elevations of revoluble sheaves or guide pulleys forming part of the device.

In the accom anying drawings the reference numeral 1 enotes a suitable foundation upon which is erected four vertical and rights 2 adapted to support a cylindrica shell 3 of a less length than the uprights, thereby leaving the upper ends of the uprights exposed, for a purpose that will presently appear. The she I 3 can be made of metal or a suitable material and at its lower end is )rovided with a doorway 4 whereby the shell can be entered.

The upper ends of the uprights 2 sn apart a conical shaped root or dome 5 an anchored in the apex of the roof or dome 5 st is a hanger 6 supporting a revolubleshe'avo ox pulley 7.

Secured to the inner sides of the uprights 2 by rivets 8or otherfastening means-"are brackets 9 supporting the convolutions of a spiral track 10, said track extending from the foundationl to the upper edges" of the shell 3.. A

Movahly mounted upon the track 10 lsla'n observation car or cage, com rising a plat form 11, uprights 12 and roo frames 13,?a1l of which are joined together andbraced by a wire netting or grating 14. The wire netting or grating at a suitable locatiodis cut away, asat 15 to provide -a doo adapted to register with the doorway when the, car or cage is in a lowered position,- whereby-the cage can beentered; The, lot? form 11 supports a suitable frame/16 or a sliding door v way 15. The uprights 12 of the car were 18 edit ted to on age the upper and under sides 0 the spira track 10 and support the car or cage upon the track.

The apex or top of the car is pro vided with a swivel 19 and connected to said swivel is a cable 20 adapted to pass upwardly over the revoluble sheaveof the hanger 6, and over a revoluble sheave 21 journaled .in a bracket 22, carried by one of the uprights 2 adjacent to the roof or dome 5. The cable passes downwardly between the spiral track 10 and the shell 3 and under a sheave 23 Journaled in a bearing 24 located upon the foundation 1. The cable then passes through the shell into an engine or motor house 25 where there is located a drum 26 to receive the cable and a motor or engine 27 for revolving the drum Q" and controllin the winding and unwinding of the cab z thereon. The operation of the motor or engine can be easily controlled from the interior of the shell 3. The shell 3 has the inner side walls thereor cage when the car or cage is raised 17 adapted to close the door an are provided with revoluble grooved whee s' of covered by a canvas or lining 28 having an example, the annlsemcnt device can be constructed to represent a pole, for instance the North Pole. and a panoramic view upon the inside oli the device. to represent a trip from the city in which the device is oper ated to, the North Pole and return.

The open s un-e between the shell 3-3 and the root or dome 5 permits oi the occupants of the car or cage making observations after reaching tie tnp ot' the structure or tower, and it is in this connection that we have devised our amusement device for parks and summer resorts, where a device of this type and at the present time would attract considerable attention and ati'ord amusement to all classes of people.

Having now described our invention what we claim as new, is

1. An amusement device comprising a cylindrical structure having the upperend thereof provided with an observation opening, ayspiral track located in said structure, a car adapted to be raised and lowered upon said track and revolve within said structure, and means located exteriorly of said structure and adapted to raise said our upon said track and allow said ear to descend by gravity.

2. L11 amusement device embodying a eylindiical structure having the upper end thereof rovided with an observation opening, sai structure having the inner walls thereof )rovided with views, a spiral track mounted within said structure and supported by the side walls thereof, a car adapted to be raised and lowered upon said track and revolve within said structure, said car comprising a platform, netting forming the and means exterior-1y of said structure and adapted to raise said ear to the upper end ol said track and allow the same to descend by gravity.

3. An ainusen'ient device embodying uprights, a shell surrounding said uprights and being of a less length than said up rights, a l'U()fStl]J[)flllt('l by the upper ends of said uprights, a spiral track supported by the inner sides of said uprights and extending from the lower end of said shell to the up per end thereof, an observation car adapted to be raised upon said track and allowed to descend by gravity, and means cxteriorly of said shell for controlling the operation oi said shell therein.

4. An amusement device embodying up rights. a shell surrounding said uprights and adapted to have the inner walls thereof provided with views, a roof carried by the upper ends of said uprights and adapted to provide an observation opening at theupper end of said device, a spiral track carried by said upri hts and extending from the bottom of said shell to the upper end thereof, an observation ear movably mounted upon said track and adapted to revolve when asxznding and descending upon said track, a swivel carried by the top of said caifjand a cable movable within said shell and connecting with said swivel for raising said car.

In testimony whereof we atlix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

. ESSE M. Ross. A il'iEllT HOLTON.

walls of said ear.

\Vitnesses MAX H. SnoLovrrz, K. H. BUTLER. 

